The inquest will even discover if there’s systemic racism or cultural bias within the NT police drive, whether or not it has been militarised and if this pointless use of drive has elevated.
It would additionally probe whether or not Walker obtained sufficient medical therapy after Rolfe fired three pictures into his torso from shut vary because the pair and one other officer scuffled inside a darkish room within the teen’s grandmother’s residence.
The teenager had stabbed the officer within the moments earlier than and threatened two different policemen with an axe three days earlier as he escaped being arrested and fled into the bush.
He died on the ground of the native police station about an hour after Rolfe’s second shot ripped via his spleen, lung, liver and a kidney.
The inquest’s 54-item points checklist additionally asks whether or not Rolfe was struggling any well being points and whether or not he was taking medicine to deal with them.
Rolfe’s coaching for the usage of drive and firearms will even be examined, together with the drive’s broader insurance policies and procedures, and whether or not they have been complied with when police have been despatched from Alice Springs to the distant neighborhood to arrest Walker.
Proof will even be sought about whether or not Rolfe offered correct and sincere data when he utilized to the police drive and if the conduct of his three workforce members has been the topic of any disciplinary motion.
Different points to be canvassed embody whether or not the equity or effectivity of the police drive’s coronial investigation was compromised, and if Walker’s household and neighborhood have been adequately supported throughout the course of.
Among the many events that shall be represented on the inquest are Walker’s household, the Yuendumu neighborhood, Rolfe, NT Well being and the North Australian Aboriginal Justice Company.
Rolfe’s lawyer, Luke Officer, has beforehand raised issues about a number of the points regarding his shopper, together with the probe into drug use, his integrity, recruitment and any complaints or disciplinary motion he could have been the topic of.
